News & Reviews

News

17

Feb

Song premiere: Joel Rafael's Old Portland Town - MusicRadar

Acclaimed singer-songwriter's new album, Baladista, due out April 14.

In the late '60s, Joel Rafael migrated from Los Angeles to Portland, Oregon with a group of politically motivated writers and artists in an effort to avoid being drafted into the
Vietnam War. During a city-wide sweep of the youth underground, Rafael was arrested and spent 14 days in a Portland jail, an experience the acclaimed singer-songwriter recounts in
the wistful folk ballad Old Portland Town, which MusicRadar is premiering . . .
Read More -->